what's your bedtime routine?

I've been thinking I should start nursing Ava separate from her bedtime routine and maybe add storytime to it or something. Or have her with us for the twins story time and just take her to bed when we're done putting them down. But I love rocking her so I don't know about that yet. What do you all do?

I change Ava into her jammies downstairs

Take her to her room

Turn white noise fan on

Rock, sing to and nurse her

After she's asleep I pat and rock her (just for a min)

Lay her in bed

If she wakes up I pat her butt for minute and then leave

I've been thinking I should start nursing Ava separate from her bedtime routine and maybe add storytime to it or something. Or have her with us for the twins story time and just take her to bed when we're done putting them down. But I love rocking her so I don't know about that yet. What do you all do?

Good luck! That's so exciting! And I know what you mean about getting it all out of the way. I originally planned that but now that Addie is here we are leaning towards waiting a few years. It will be better financially that way as well. Man...that will be CRAZY if you have another set of twins! 5 kids under 4, right? I can't remember how old the twins are.

Good luck! That's so exciting! And I know what you mean about getting it all out of the way. I originally planned that but now that Addie is here we are leaning towards waiting a few years. It will be better financially that way as well. Man...that will be CRAZY if you have another set of twins! 5 kids under 4, right? I can't remember how old the twins are.

yep, we're going to start trying next month or sept. That's when insurance for DH new job starts. I'm kind of nervous but I want to have one more that will be close in age to Ava, and be born in the spring cuz right now all b-days and holidays in our family are from oct-jan. So this timing will work the best for us. Plus I think it will be nice to get all baby and toddler days out of the way all at once instead of getting comfortable with school age kids and "starting over." Hopefully it will happen right away. With our track record I think it will! lol

I know I said before that it would be awesome to have twins again, and it would be. But it would be HARD! lol So worth it though. We'll see what happens! I'm getting nervvvvvvous..... :)

yep, we're going to start trying next month or sept. That's when insurance for DH new job starts. I'm kind of nervous but I want to have one more that will be close in age to Ava, and be born in the spring cuz right now all b-days and holidays in our family are from oct-jan. So this timing will work the best for us. Plus I think it will be nice to get all baby and toddler days out of the way all at once instead of getting comfortable with school age kids and "starting over." Hopefully it will happen right away. With our track record I think it will! lol

I know I said before that it would be awesome to have twins again, and it would be. But it would be HARD! lol So worth it though. We'll see what happens! I'm getting nervvvvvvous..... :)

Yeah, I think it's probably a good time to start the transition to a big kid (sort of) bedtime routine. I want to get to the point were I can just put her in bed without nursing cuz right now that's the only way she can relax enough to fall asleep.

Yeah, I think it's probably a good time to start the transition to a big kid (sort of) bedtime routine. I want to get to the point were I can just put her in bed without nursing cuz right now that's the only way she can relax enough to fall asleep.

Well, I think if you LIKE your routine then there is nothing wrong with it. Just for some ideas, though, I will share our evening with you :)

**times may vary of course**6.30 is dinner time with the family. She usually makes a HUGE mess, so...7 pm is bath time. I wash her really quickly then let her play to her hearts content, which is usually only about 5-10 more minutes7.15 is time for lotion and pjs, after that we cuddle up and read 2 stories while getting the last bottle of the night.7.30 is bed time. She is in bed awake, usually calm. It takes roughly 10-15 minutes for her to fall asleep.

Well, I think if you LIKE your routine then there is nothing wrong with it. Just for some ideas, though, I will share our evening with you :)

**times may vary of course**6.30 is dinner time with the family. She usually makes a HUGE mess, so...7 pm is bath time. I wash her really quickly then let her play to her hearts content, which is usually only about 5-10 more minutes7.15 is time for lotion and pjs, after that we cuddle up and read 2 stories while getting the last bottle of the night.7.30 is bed time. She is in bed awake, usually calm. It takes roughly 10-15 minutes for her to fall asleep.

i also am "worried" about my routine because she still gets a bottle before bed and I feed it to her in the rocking chair and most of the time she is asleep when she drinks it....but when i pick her up over my shoulder and place her in the bed, she is drowsy- puts her pacifier in her mouth and goes to bed....i was thinking since now she has teeth she can feed herself in the living room, as always and then we can :brush" her teeth and then I could put her down....im going to have to try it...

i also am "worried" about my routine because she still gets a bottle before bed and I feed it to her in the rocking chair and most of the time she is asleep when she drinks it....but when i pick her up over my shoulder and place her in the bed, she is drowsy- puts her pacifier in her mouth and goes to bed....i was thinking since now she has teeth she can feed herself in the living room, as always and then we can :brush" her teeth and then I could put her down....im going to have to try it...

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